A lost 1924 scandal where pregnancy sparks puritanical panic — and the receipts save the day.
Young marrieds Guy & Bee are ostracized by their supposed friends in town when Bee discovers she is expecting but the legitimacy of their union is called into question. Eventually the squire who performed their ceremony becomes aware of the scandal and produces the necessary certificate.
Acting
Zasu Pitts in early role, already mastering anxious comic relief.
Production
Survives only via stills — imagination required, FOMO guaranteed.
Director
Rollin S. Sturgeon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Embodies 1920s anxieties about female sexuality and public reputation — the 'fallen woman' narrative gets bureaucratically inverted.
Listed on the Library of Congress's '7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films' registry — your viewing experience is literally impossible.
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